against the content provider
copyright law is an asshole animal disguised to screw everyone involved except huge corporations.
#1
anyone can collect damages
#2
if your site is truely copyrighted you can collect statutory damages and attorney fees
#3
if you rely on inherant copyright all you can collect is ACTUAL damages and must pay your own attorney fees and even if you win you WILL NOT be awarded any more than actual damages.
giving this:
how the fuck will the average joe get anywhere without just giving away 10K to some fuckhead attorney just to get the ads removed so you can get $0.015 per page view awarded as actual damages.
the ISP's are laughing at congress and the copyright office all the way to the bank. Whereupon they quit laughing and spend your money with a big shit eating grin on thier smug fat faces.
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against the content provider copyright law is an asshole animal disguised to screw everyone involved except huge corporations. #1 anyone can collect damages #2 if your site is truely copyrighted you can collect statutory damages and attorney fees #3 if you rely on inherant copyright all you can collect is ACTUAL damages and must pay your own attorney fees and even if you win you WILL NOT be awarded any more than actual damages. giving this: how the fuck will the average joe get anywhere without just giving away 10K to some fuckhead attorney just to get the ads removed so you can get $0.015 per page view awarded as actual damages. the ISP's are laughing at congress and the copyright office all the way to the bank. Whereupon they quit laughing and spend your money with a big shit eating grin on thier smug fat faces.